Advancing Prion Science

In Advancing Prion Science, the Institute of Medicine''s Committee on TransmissibleSpongiform Encephalopathies Assessment of Relevant Science recommends prioritiesfor research and investment to the Department of Defense''s National Prion ResearchProgram (NPRP). Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), also called priondiseases, are invariably fatal neurodegenerative infectious diseases th...